Monday 4 December 2017

Berliner Philharmoniker/Haitink

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Philharmonie, Berlin, 2 December 2017

Mahler’s final completed symphony has been something of a favourite for recent music directors of the Berlin Philharmonic, although the orchestra clearly likes to ration its performances. Simon Rattle conducted the last one here six years ago, but with the conductor and orchestra having just returned from a long tour in the Far East – and having given a guest appearance last week at the newly sort-of reopened Staatsoper unter den Linden – the baton was passed to Bernard Haitink.

[Read the full review at Backtrack]

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